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Events and Processes (Class IX)

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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the liberals?

  1. They opposed the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers.

  2. They were in favour of a representative, elected parliamentary government.

  3. They did not want the vote for women.

  4. They argued for a well-trained judiciary that was independent of rulers and officials.

  5. They opposed the privileges of great land owners and wealthy factory owners.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is an incorrect statement. Radicals opposed the privileges of great land owners and wealthy factory owners.

Who were the promoters of individual rights against the governments?

  1. Royalists

  2. Conservatives

  3. Democrats

  4. Liberals

  5. Radicals


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Liberals opposed the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers and wanted to safeguard the rights of individuals against governments.  

Who saw private property as a root to all social evils of the time?

  1. Liberals

  2. Radicals

  3. Nationalists

  4. Socialists

  5. Conservatives


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as socialists saw private property as a root to all social ills of the time. They thought that if the society as a whole rather than as individuals controlled property, then more attention will be paid to collective social interests.

Who argued that industrial society was capitalist and workers had to free themselves from capitalist exploitation by building a radically socialist society where all property was socially controlled?

  1. Giuseppe Mazzini

  2. Robert Owen

  3. Louis Blanc

  4. Vladimir Lenin

  5. Karl Marx


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as Karl Marx was a German philosopher who developed the theory of international communism and argued that industrial society was capitalist and workers had to free themselves from capitalist exploitation by building a radically socialist society where all property was socially controlled.

What was the predominant religion of the Russians at the turn of the twentieth century?

  1. Catholic Christianity

  2. Protestant Christianity

  3. Buddhism

  4. Islam

  5. Orthodox Christianity


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as the majority religion of Russians was the Russian Orthodox Christianity, though there were people of other religions as well in the Russian empire.

The workers in Russian factories were divided on the basis of which of the following parameters?

  1. Gender

  2. Experience

  3. Wages

  4. Skill

  5. Cultural ethnicity


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as Russian workers were divided on the basis of their skill.

Which of the following statements is correct about the Second International?

  1. It was an international body formed by the socialists.

  2. It was a trade union that started in Russia and Italy.

  3. It was an international body formed by women which campaigned for equal voting rights for women.

  4. It was an underground revolutionary association that helped organise the October revolution.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct answer. The Second International was an international body formed by the socialists. It was formed to coordinate the efforts of the socialists.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Russian empire before the revolution?

  1. Nearly 70 per cent of Russians earned their living from agriculture.

  2. Russia was a major exporter of grain.

  3. Much of the industry was the private property of the Russian royals.

  4. Both 1 and 2

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as Russia was a major exporter of grain.

Which of the following socialists believed in the idea of cooperatives?

a. Robert Owen b. Friedrich Engels c. Louis Blanc

  1. a, b and c

  2. a and b

  3. b and c

  4. a and c

  5. b only


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer. Robert Owen was a leading English manufacturer and sought to build a cooperative community in USA. Louis Blanc wanted the government in France to encourage cooperatives and replace capitalist enterprises.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in 1898. b. All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. c. The Socialist Revolutionary Party was formed in 1900.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. a and c

  5. a, b and c


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as all the statements are correct. All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in 1898 by socialists who respected Marx's ideas. Socialists in the countryside formed the Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1900 and struggled for peasants' rights and demanded that land belonging to nobles be transferred to peasants.

Who led the procession of workers to the Winter Palace on Bloody Sunday?

  1. Rasputin

  2. Marfa Vasileva

  3. Nicholas II

  4. Vladimir Lenin

  5. Father Gapon


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The procession of workers was led by Father Gapon and when it reached the Winter Palace, it was attacked by the police and the Cossacks. Over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded. This incident was known as Bloody Sunday. It started a series of events that came to be known as the 1905 Revolution.

When did the Tsar abdicate and the Russian monarchy end?

  1. 22nd February, 1917

  2. 25th February, 1917

  3. 27th February, 1917

  4. 2nd March, 1917

  5. 15th March, 1917


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

No, as the Tsar abdicated on 2nd March, 1917.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Duma?

a. The first elected consultative Parliament or Duma was formed during the 1905 Revolution. b. The Tsar dismissed the first Duma within 75 days and the re-elected second Duma within three months. c. The third Duma changed the voting laws and legalised the formation of Political Parties.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. a and b

  5. a, b and c


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as both statements are correct. The Tsar allowed the formation of the first elected consultative Parliament or Duma during the 1905 Revolution. The Tsar dismissed the first Duma within 75 days and the re-elected second Duma within three months.

What was/were the effect(s) of the Revolution of 1917 on the Russian countryside?

a. The peasants seized the lands from July 1917 to September 1917. b. Land committees were formed for redistribution of land. c. Peasants marched towards Petrograd to take part in the October Revolution.

  1. a, b and c

  2. a and b

  3. a and c

  4. b and c

  5. a only


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as both statements are correct. The peasants seized the lands from July 1917 to September 1917. Land committees were formed for redistribution of land.

What were the 'April Theses'?

  1. The three demands of Vladimir Lenin

  2. The three demands of the Bolshevik workers

  3. The three demands of the Duma

  4. The three demands of the Tsar

  5. The three demands of the Provisional Government after the Tsar's abdication


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as the 'April Theses' declared that the war be brought to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalised. These three demands made by Vladimir Lenin on his return from exile in April were the 'April Theses'.

Which of the following is the reason why the Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed in October 1917?

  1. To seize the power from the Petrograd Soviet

  2. Because Lenin feared the Provisional Government would set up a dictatorship

  3. To seize the Winter Palace which was still under the Tsar's control

  4. To seize the power from the Bolshevik Party

  5. To bring back Vladimir Lenin from exile


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as the Provisional Government took stern measures to control the workers and arrested leaders and demonstrations staged by the Bolsheviks in July 1917 were sternly repressed. On 16th October, 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power and Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed.

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